Carrot cake is personal. Some people want it to be loaded with everything but the kitchen sink: for example, a combination of coconut, raisins, nuts, pineapple or all four. Others might push a ...

You can freeze an un-iced carrot cake for up to 3 months, well-wrapped in clingfilm. Carrot cake is very forgiving. As an oil-based cake it's very easy to throw together without much advance warning.

However, Traci Wennerholm, a cook and founder of Burnt Apple, has shared that her carrot cake can be simple to bake with just a handful of ingredients. She said: “This five ingredient carrot ...